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Recognised as Colour

#8BEF00

  • #8BEF00
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#8BEF00 is a green with RGB values 139, 239, 0 and HSL 85°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#8BEF00#8BEF00
HEX#8BEF00
RGBrgb(139, 239, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9373, 0
RGB percentages54.5%, 93.7%, 0%
HSLhsl(85.1, 100%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(85.1, 100%, 93.7%)
CMYK41.8%, 0%, 100%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,170,688
CSS custom property--colour: #8BEF00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.44:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#7410FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECD334no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8BE5CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 8.9Lawn green · ΔE 10Chartreuse · ΔE 10.8Limegreen · ΔE 26.3Lime · ΔE 27.6Yellow green · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 8.87, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6400EF
Analogous#EFDC00, #13EF00
Triadic#008BEF, #EF008B
Split complementary#0013EF, #DB00EF
Tetradic#00EFDC, #6400EF, #EF0014

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3FFBC
Lighter +30%#CEFF89
Lighter +20%#B8FF56
Lighter +10%#A3FF23
Darker −10%#6DBC00
Darker −20%#508900
Darker −30%#325600
Darker −40%#142300
More saturated +25%#8BEF00
Less saturated −25%#86D11E

Channel breakdown

R139
G239
B0
Red139 (54.5%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue85.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G EF · B 00

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